Fastening device for nonskid chains



May 20, 1924. 1,494.892 D. RpFlNLE Y I FASTENING DEVICE FOR NONSKID CHAINS Filed May 21. 1923 INVENTOR Donald RJh'nle ATTORNEY Patented May '20, 1924.

NlT- il ae a n 1. 223- are; a ease To ctZZ whom it may concern..'.

Be it known that "I," DoriApp r a citizen of the United States, residii i Seattle, in' the county of 3- mma useful Fastening .De'vice N611 Chains of w i h t idlen s fication. a My invention relates to mprovements' in fastening devices for non-skid chains and the principal objects of my invention are to provide a fastening device of simple, durable and economic construction that will hold the chains securely in place at all. times. Other objects are to provide a fastening device which may be readily installed on the wheels of motor vehicles and by means of which the chains may be easily and rap-idly secured around the tires of said wheels. Further objects are to provide a device whose use, when once installed, will require a minimum amount of chain the maximum of which will be disposed around the tire tread and in frictional engagement with the ground thereby effecting an increase in efliciency and a decrease in the cost of maintenance.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro- -ceeds, the invention consists of the novel construction, adaptation, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

These objects are accomplished by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an automobile wheel lookin from the inside and showing the evice secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking from the opposite or outside of the wheel;

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse vertical section taken substantially on a broken line 3, 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a view in transverse vertical section taken on a broken line 4, 4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a view in horizontal section taken substantially on a broken line 5, 5 of Fig.1.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, the numeral 5 designates, as a whole, an annular member which is usually made of an is iron having a; vertical flange 6 and a horizontal flange 7.

The flange 7 is bent inwardly, as at 8, j fer ma ses e in f er d scr e and Pl of Washington, have invented" a new and" may se s 1ST fw f"1? r n spaced apart relatioii'to' fitover "the spokes .9 flang '71 rang mi y team t x i d t'thsw s m wa m of he s es are fl e screw clamps 10 secured therethrough.

Hooks 11 are pivotally secured in spaced apart relation by bolts to the vertical flange 6, and spring hooks 12 pass oppositely through the deflected portion of the flange 7 where they are functionally secured by nuts 13 bearing against springs 14:.

It will be noted, as indicated by dotted- To install the device same is slipped inside of the felly with the spokes of the wheel bearing within the slots 9. The screw clamps 10 are then hooked around egnz bile whee as lear y. Sh v i ractice however it is preferable to 6 "is adapted to bear *snu'gly "against "the spokes of said wheel where it is held by said spokes and their nuts are tightened up to hold same securely in position.-

The chain is then installed by placing one link over the spring hook 12, drawing downwardly against the spring 14 while said chain is passed under the tire, and then catching the other end over the hook 11. The tension of the spring 14 will hold the chain snugly around the tire and will automatically compensate for any slack caused by reduced air pressure .within said tire.

It will be obvious that the chains may be readily removed, and likewise the device as a whole although same may be left on during the winter or rainy seasons without being conspicuous 0r detrimental in any way. It will also be apparent that the use of the device will not mar or dama c any part of the wheel and may be used y the most inexperienced person,

,.. .I claimand desire to secure in' Letters Patent is 1. A fastening device for noilrskid chains comprising an annular member ,having a vertical and a horizontal flange, said horrzontalflange having slots arranged to receive the spokes of a motor vehicle Wheel,

means 'for securing, said annular member to said Wheel, and means for securing chains to said annular member substantially as described. I

2 A fastening device for non-skid chains comprising an annular member having a verticalandahorizontal flange, said hori zontal flange having slots arranged to re ceive the spokes of a motor vehicle Wheel,

the outer portion of said horizontal flange deflected inwardly, screw-clamps for securingsaid annular member to said Wheel,

hooks pivotally secured to said vertical flange in spaced apart relation, and spring,

hookssecured through the deflected portion of said horizontal flange substantially as de scribed.

a i DONALD R. FINLEY. 

